August 19, 2008
Reuters - IBM plans to spend $300 million
this year to build 13 "cloud computing" data centers where
businesses can store information for quick retrieval in case
their computer systems are destroyed in a disaster.
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August 19, 2008
Reuters - A former hedge fund manager was ordered
to pay nearly $300 million for having cheated clients by
sending out fake account statements, the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission said on Tuesday.
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August 19, 2008
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co
results beat Wall Street targets, overcoming fears that slowing
global economies and a stronger dollar would substantially
weaken the world's biggest computer and printer maker.
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August 19, 2008
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve must be
ready to take action if slowing economic growth fails to curb
inflation stemming from higher food and energy prices, two top
Fed policy-makers said on Tuesday, indicating that higher
interest rates may be needed.
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August 19, 2008
AP - From affluent shoppers at Saks to bargain-hunters at Target, from Home Depot to office supplier Staples, consumers are pulling back and that's hurting retailers and raising more concerns about how they'll do the rest of the year.
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August 19, 2008
AFP - Investments in the bonds of struggling US home-loan financers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have earned Russia more than a billion dollars in the past six months, press reports said Tuesday.
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August 19, 2008
Reuters - Many traders scooped up defensive put
options on Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc on Tuesday,
betting its stock will suffer more losses.
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August 19, 2008
Reuters - The top U.S. securities regulator
plans to propose a new short selling rule in the next few weeks
which would be broader than an emergency order covering just 19
financial stocks which ended last week.
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August 19, 2008
Reuters - EDGAR, the computer database for
filing documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, is giving way to a new system that aims to let
investors more easily analyze corporate reports and other
financial information.
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August 19, 2008
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve must be
ready to take action if slowing economic growth fails to curb
inflation stemming from higher food and energy prices, one of
its top policy-makers said on Tuesday.
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